Principal's Message

Good morning, Parents/Carers,

Behaviour Focus

Our behaviour focus for Week 6 is Safe,

We are learning to:

• Keep our hands and feet to ourselves

• Stay out of personal space! (The bubble rule)

   

We are successful when:

• We keep our "hands off"

• We don't push each other

• We don't kick each other

• We respect personal space

   

School Assembly

We welcomed our parents/carers and family to our first School Assembly for 2026 last Friday morning.  Yr 2/3O delighted us with a song called "Dad, I want to be a camel".  Congratulations to our class award winners and to our Swimming Champions for 2026.  Head over to our School Assembly tab in the Newsletter to see all the photos from the day.

Regional Swimming Carnival

Congratulations to Arabella and Theo who have made it through to the Regional Swimming Carnival to be held in Armidale on Monday, 9th March 2026.  Arabella will compete in both 50m Freestyle and 50m Breastroke and Theo will compete in 50m Breastroke in their age groups. Congratulations! We look forward to hearing all about the day and competition on your return.

Yr 2-6 Water Polo

Our students in Yrs 2-6 began Water Polo for sport last Friday.  All students who participated had a great time learning a new sport.  This is a five-week program where students will learn new skills and how to play a game of water polo.  

Turn Up Awards

We will again be running the Turn Up Awards this year.  The "Turn Up" award was introduced last year to encourage our students to attend school every day.  Each day your child attends their name will be entered into the draw to receive a paddle pop voucher.  A voucher will be issued each week to each class.  If your child attends 5 times in that week they have 5 entries.  If they attend two days in that week they have 2 entries. Congratulations to our winners for Week 5:

K/1B -     Skylar

2/3O -      Harry

4/5/6T -  Zakk

P&C General Meeting

Our P&C will be holding their first General Meeting for 2026 in the School Staff Room next Monday, 9th March from 6:00pm.  All welcome to attend.

NAPLAN

NAPLAN will begin next Wednesday, for Years 3 and 5.  We ask that all students in Years 3 and 5 ensure that they are at school to complete the NAPLAN testing.

Colour Run

It is less than 2 weeks until our Colour Run will be held on Friday, 13th March.  It is not too late to register for your fundraising account.  Information to register has been sent home.  Fundraising is now open and will conclude on the day of the Colour Run. Check out below the amazing prizes to be won just by fundraising.  If you did not receive information to register, please contact our school office for details.  This event is always a success and a lot of fun. We look forward to holding it again this year.

Harmony Day

Harmony Day is a day to celebrate Australian multiculturalism, based on the successful integration of migrants into our community. Harmony Day is about inclusiveness, respect and belonging for all Australians, regardless of cultural or linguistic background, united by a set of core Australian values. Held every year on 21 March. The Day coincides with the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. We will be observing Harmony Day on Thursday, 19th March this year with classroom activities, and we ask all students to wear orange on the day.

Kind regards

Kathy Nott

Principal